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Robots Unlimited

David Levy David Levy may refer to:
  • David Levy (scientist), a British artificial intelligence researcher
  • David Levy (chess player) (born 1945), Scottish international master chess player
  • David Levy (Israeli politician) (born 1937), also David Levi
 

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Robots Unlimited: Life In A Virtual Age by David Levy (leader of the winning team of the Loebner Prize (artificial intelligence) Loebner Prize - An annual competition in artificial intelligence started by Dr. Hugh Loebner of New York City in 1991. A $100,000 prize is offered to the author of the first computer program to pass an unrestricted Turing test.  Competition in 1997) is a highly researched and historically impressive documentation devoted to the past fifty years of research and development in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions . As an informative and superbly written study, Robots Unlimited offers readers an outstanding historical survey and a seminal seminal /sem·i·nal/ (sem´i-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed.

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 fields, as well as knowledgeable and intuitive predictions of what the future may bring for robotic and artificial intelligence breakthroughs. Very strongly recommended to all students of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and relevant technological advancements, Robots Unlimited gives its readers a complete and expert analysis and collection of such a popular and innovative science.
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Title Annotation:Robots Unlimited: Life in a Virtual Age
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Date:Apr 1, 2006
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